Improvement in railroad-ties



G. D. BLAISDELL.

' RAILROAD-TIE.

Patented April I8, 1876.

No.176,Z13.

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ATTORNEYS:

".FEYERS. PHDTOL1THOGRAPNER, WASHINGTON D O UNITED STATES PATENT CFFIGR GEORGE D. BLAISDELL, OF CAMBRIDGE, VERMONT.

IMPROVEMENT IN RAILROAD-TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 176,213, dated April 18, 1876; application filed March 13, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE D. BLAISDELL, of Cambridge, Lamoille county, Vermont, have invented a new and Improved Railroadlie, of which the following is a specification My improved tie consists of a cast-iron bar, with a box in each end for holding the railchairs, and a rod extending from end to end of ihetie, and securing the chairs in place by clamping-plates, all as hereinafter described.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved tie. Fig. 2 is partly a side elevation and partly a longitudinal sectional elevation, and Fig. 3 is an end elevation. 7

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the tie-bar, having raised ends 13, which are boxed to receive the chair D for holding the rail E. F is the rod extending from end F, combined and arranged substantially asspecified.

GEORGE D. BLAISDELL.

Witnesses:

GEORGE W. LYMAN, MELVIN V. PARKER. 

